Rick E Davis wrote:
I guess you could put it that way.
Most of the destroyers painted in dazzle were done so with the assistance of a support unit. The patterns were such that laying out the outline was difficult without use of a drydock. Not necessary, but sure did help. The USN didn't start applying dazzle to destroyers in numbers until early 1944, and then initially only at stateside yards.
Hello Rick
So many years on......Thanks for all you do to inspire research on Fletcher DD's : )
http://www.usndazzle.com/Destroyers%20P ... s/520E.jpgThere's a few other photos online which need photoshop clean up.
https://m.soundcloud.com/nys_military_m ... obert-alanThis Blue Jackets served aboard USS Isherwood DD 520 in 1943
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303 ... -Aug43.jpgYour photo bucket album of USS Isherwood & USS Bell - taken from USS Tuscaloosa in 1943 is Winston Churchill
In RMS Queen Mary running at high speed to meet FDR,.....with U Boats alerted.
USS Augusta - Crusier...could not keep up...Dropped out.
Photo bucket changed their link rules.
My Photos of DD 520 are still online. ..will try to fix that for Shipmodel forum.
April 16/ 1945 radar picket 14,....USS Pringle sunk....USS Laffey on nearby picket...crashed by 7 Kamikaze, towed away a charred wreck.
USS Isherwood arrived to search for Pringle survivors, ...replace USS Laffey on RP.
LSM R and other boats in radar picket with Pringle were firing into the sea to kill sharks near survivors.
USS Isherwood was sea grey in 1943 Atlantic, ...Pacific Blue ( apology for Bu ships number)...during Aleutians 43/44
Dazzle 31 16d from Vallejo CA 1944 August to post Kamikaze repairs July 45.
Again. ...Thanks Rick for All the years of publish on Fletcher class.